Blaster Breakdown- 2015 Sage Hit Low Series! 4 Auto's Per Box!

    Our first Blaster Breakdown of the 2015 season is Sage Hit Low Series! Available at retail stores such as Wal-Mart and Target, 2015 Sage Hit Low Series features 12 packs of 4 cards, and an additional clear plastic wrap pack with 4 autographed cards. 

    The Wax packs are designed to feel like a pack from the 90's or even before. The cards are color on the front, black and cardboard for white on the back. It's a very nice throwback feel. 

    All the cards inside are randomly inserted, so there is no guarantee in what would be per pack. Our box run ran like this:

34 Base cards

11 Next Level base cards

3 Artistry Insert Cards

4 autographs (2 red bordered silver tape, 1 red border gold tape, 1 black border gold tape)

    Overall, I think the product looks great! Not much of a resell value, Hit never produces that, but it's a nice little boost towards the collection, and seeing the rookies of 2015 on cards is always a nice thing before the draft. Sage stepped up to the next level with this set, collectors should dig it, retail and hobby alike.

    Notable Players we pulled:

AUTO PJ Williams Black Border (Best auto we pulled)

Jameis Winston

Randy Gregory

Dorial Green-Beckham

Trae Waynes

Dante Fowler

Duke Johnson

Todd Gurley

Amari Cooper Next Level

Todd Gurley Next Level 

Randy Gregory Next Level

Brett Hundley Next Level

Maxx Williams Next Level

Jameis Winston Artistry

    Total Cards from Blaster: 52 cards

    Total Hits from Blaster: 4 Hits

    Estimated Resale value (eBay): $10

Looking Into- 2015 Hit Low Series

    Hit Low series hits stores with a box about the size of a blaster box and featuring 10 autographs per box. Open the box, you'll find 5 packs, all clear wrapped, with the hits in the middle pack, Write Stuff insert's and the 10 autos.

    Overall, it's a much better looking product then what we're accustomed to seeing from Sage over the past few years. I like the photoshopped uniforms to actually show the players in action as opposed to all workout pictures. The general design of it is a throwback to the older cards with the cardboard.

    I personally haven't opened a box of these yet, but check out the video below of someone who did.

Tell me what you think.

Topps Base Football- Coming August, 2015!!!

    Topps plans to release it's annual base set in August of 2015. This is one of the deepest base set's Topps has ever released, if not the biggest.

    Topps base will begin with a 500 card base, featuring 240 base veterans, 99 base rookies, fantasy studs, All-Pro cards, team cards, award cards, and the Top 60, featuring the top 60 players heading into 2015. Parallels will feature the usual gold (#ed 2015), BCA Awareness (#ed/499), STS Military Camo (#ed/399), 60th anniversary parallel (#ed/60, hobby only), platinum border parallels (#ed/1) and Base Card Printing plates (#ed/1, hobby only).

    Check out all the information right here:

Looking into- 2015 Leaf Draft Metal

    Leaf Draft Metal is a beautiful product for collectors. While it's high end competitor right now it 2015 Upper Deck Inscriptions, Leaf is offering much more of a variety of cards in the box, with insert sets, parallels, and a lot of chances to pull 1 of 1's.

    As a reminder to our readers, Leaf Metal Draft features 4 cards per box, as many as 3 parallels per box, and all numbered low. Inserts are randomly inserted, and all cards are on card autos. No tape or stickers.

    I really like the design of these cards better then Upper Deck Inscriptions. The simple design is catchy, and then the inserts make it very addicting to collect. Again, I have not pulled a box of these cards, I am looking at the boxes being opened on You-Tube, and pulling price ideas from eBay.

    The base set is 73 cards, with a focus more on offense then on defense. However, the inserts aren't filled with junk players either, they have a lot of good cards, and they sell better then the base. Re-sellers would probably be okay with buying a case to resell and get most of it back because of the Winston/Mariota cards and the inserts.

    A beautiful set indeed, Leaf Metal is the perfect set Leaf needed to open up the 2015 season with a bang.

    Pictures are below.

Looking into- 2015 Upper Deck Inscriptions Football

    I have yet to break a box of this stuff, I'm not sure I will. It looks like it would have been a fabulous product back 5 to 10 years ago, but nowadays, that $140 price tag probably isn't worth it unless a great card is pulled.

    I checked out You-Tube to see what kind of breaks the boxes hold. The cards are all beautiful. Hand signed autos, no stickers, the design is simple but very nice. It's a likable set, and can probably be addicting for some set builders.

    From the box breaks I saw online, going to use this one from Cards Infinity, it's not worth buying unless you pull an early top rookie and sell it quick, such as Jameis Winston, Marcus Mariota, Amari Cooper, etc. However, pulling players such as those are rare because of the size of the set (99 cards).

    Boxes are on sale from Upper Deck retailers for about $140, though some other places are selling them for as low as $129.99. Not anything that I've seen any lower then that. Chances are you're not going to pull a great rookie from the box, and you're going to end up loosing $100 or so. Don't buy this product if you're looking to re-sell.

    However, if you're looking to collect, grab it. It's a beautiful set design, and it looks amazingly great for any collector who loves on card auto's to be put into their collection.

    Pictures are below.

   

Leaf Draft- OUT NOW!

    Aimed at the Retail Market, Leaf has released an 88 base card set (8 of those being extra cards of Jameis Winston and Marcus Mariotta) available in 2 types of boxes.

    Base cards come with Gold parallels, and after the base card set, there is a 158 card autograph set, with most of the good players being short printed.

    Box configuration A- 5 cards per pack, 20 packs per box+2 autographs packaged separately.

    Box configuration B- 5 cards per pack, 30 packs per box+4 autographs packaged separately.

CHECKLIST
88 cards
PARALLEL CARDS: Gold
1 Alvin Dupree
2 Ameer Abdullah
3 Antwan Goodley
4 Austin Hill
5 Ben Koyack
6 Benardrick McKinney
7 Blake Sims
8 Bo Wallace
9 Brandon Bridge
10 Brett Hundley
11 Bryce Petty
12 Cameron Artis-Payne
13 Cedric Ogbuehi
14 Clive Walford
15 Cody Fajardo
16 Danielle Hunter
17 Danny Shelton
18 Dante Fowler Jr.
19 DaVaris Daniels
20 David Cobb
21 David Johnson
22 Denzel Perryman
23 Devante Davis
24 Devin Funchess
25 Devin Gardner
26 Dres Anderson
27 E.J. Bibbs
28 Eddie Goldman
29 Garrett Grayson
30 Ifo Ekpre-Olomu
31 Jaelen Strong
32 Jake Ryan
33 Jamison Crowder
34 Javorius Allen
35 Jay Ajayi
36 Jeff Heuerman
37 Jesse James
38 Jaxon Shipley
39 Jordon James
40 Josh Harper
41 Josh Robinson
42 Karlos Williams
43 Kasen Williams
44 Kenny Bell
45 Kevin Parks
46 Kevin White
47 Landon Collins
48 Malcolm Brown
49 Marcus Peters
50 Markus Golden
51 Matt Jones
52 Maxx Williams
53 Melvin Gordon
54 Mike Davis
55 Nelson Agholor
56 Nick Marshall
57 P.J. Williams
58 Phillip Dorsett
59 Randy Gregory
60 Rashad Greene
61 Sammie Coates
62 Sean Mannion
63 Shane Carden
64 Shane Ray
65 Shaq Thompson
66 Stefon Diggs
67 Taylor Kelly
68 Terrence Magee
69 Tevin Coleman
70 Titus Davis
71 Todd Gurley
72 Tony Lippett
73 Trae Waynes
74 Ty Montgomery
75 Tyler Kroft
76 Tyler Lockett
77 Vic Beasley
78 Vince Mayle
79 Marcus Mariota
80 Marcus Mariota
81 Marcus Mariota
82 Marcus Mariota
83 Marcus Mariota
84 Jameis Winston
85 Jameis Winston
86 Jameis Winston
87 Jameis Winston
88 Amari Cooper

Autographs Checklist

158 cards.
SP = Short Print, SSP = Super Short Print, MSP = Mega Short Print (rarest)
PARALLEL CARDS: Gold (150 copies or less)
BA-AA1 Ameer Abdullah MSP
BA-AC01 Amari Cooper MSP
BA-AC1 Anthony Chickillo
BA-AD1 Alvin Dupree SP
BA-AG1 Antwan Goodley SSP
BA-AH1 Austin Hill SSP
BA-AH2 Anthony Harris
BA-AJC A.J. Cann
BA-AJT A.J. Tarpley
BA-AP1 Andrus Peat
BA-AS1 Austin Shepherd
BA-BB1 Brandon Bridge SSP
BA-BB2 Blake Bell
BA-BB3 Bernard Blake
BA-BH1 Brett Hundley MSP
BA-BH2 Ben Heeney
BA-BK1 Ben Koyack SSP
BA-BM1 Benardrick McKinney SP
BA-BP1 Bryce Petty MSP
BA-BS1 Blake Sims SSP
BA-BW1 Bo Wallace SSP
BA-CAP Cameron Artis-Payne SSP
BA-CC1 Christian Covington
BA-CD1 Carl Davis
BA-CF1 Cody Fajardo SSP
BA-CO1 Cedric Ogbuehi
BA-CR1 Cedric Reed
BA-CT1 Cam Thomas
BA-CW1 Clive Walford SSP
BA-DA1 Dres Anderson
BA-DB1 Deion Barnes
BA-DC1 David Cobb SSP
BA-DD1 DaVaris Daniels
BA-DD2 Devante Davis
BA-DE1 Durell Eskridge
BA-DF1 Devin Funchess MSP
BA-DF2 Dante Fowler Jr. SP
BA-DG1 Devin Gardner
BA-DG2 Doran Grant
BA-DH1 Danielle Hunter SP
BA-DJ2 David Johnson SSP
BA-DJH D.J. Humphries
BA-DK1 Darius Kilgo
BA-DP3 Denzel Perryman SSP
BA-DS1 Danny Shelton SP
BA-DS2 Donovan Smith
BA-DS3 Derron Smith
BA-DT1 Dylan Thompson
BA-DW1 Daryl Williams
BA-EG1 Eddie Goldman SP
BA-EH1 Eli Harold
BA-EJB E.J. Bibbs SSP
BA-EK1 Eric Kendricks
BA-ER1 Eric Rowe
BA-GC1 Gerald Christian
BA-GG1 Garrett Grayson SSP
BA-GJ1 Grady Jarrett
BA-HA1 Henry Anderson
BA-HG1 Hroniss Grasu
BA-HM1 Hutson Mason
BA-IEO Ifo Ekpre-Olomu
BA-JA1 Jay Ajayi SSP
BA-JA2 Javorius Allen SSP
BA-JC1 Jamison Crowder
BA-JC2 John Crockett
BA-JH1 Josh Harper SSP
BA-JH2 Jordan Hicks
BA-JH3 Jeff Heuerman SSP
BA-JJ1 Jesse James SSP
BA-JJ2 Jordon James
BA-JM1 John Miller
BA-JP1 Jordan Phillips
BA-JR1 Jake Ryan
BA-JR2 Jermauria Rasco
BA-JR3 Jordan Richards
BA-JR4 Josh Robinson
BA-JS1 Jaelen Strong MSP
BA-JS2 JaCorey Shepherd
BA-JS3 Josh Shaw
BA-JS4 Josue Matias
BA-JS5 Jaxon Shipley
BA-JT1 Jaquiski Tartt
BA-JW01 Jameis Winston MSP
BA-JW02 Jameis Winston MSP
BA-JW03 Jameis Winston MSP
BA-JW04 Jameis Winston MSP
BA-KA1 Kwon Alexander
BA-KB1 Kenny Bell SSP
BA-KD1 Kurtis Drummond
BA-KP1 Kevin Parks
BA-KW1 Kasen Williams SSP
BA-KW2 Kevin White
BA-KW3 Karlos Williams SSP
BA-LC1 Landon Collins SSP
BA-LC2 La’el Collins
BA-LD1 Lorenzo Doss
BA-LM1 Lorenzo Mauldin
BA-LT1 Laken Tomlinson
BA-MA1 Mario Alford
BA-MB1 Malcolm Brown SP
BA-MB2 Malcom Brown
BA-MD1 Mike Davis SSP
BA-MG1 Melvin Gordon MSP
BA-MG2 Markus Golden SP
BA-MH1 Mike Hull
BA-MJ1 Matt Jones SP
BA-MM01 Marcus Mariota MSP
BA-MM02 Marcus Mariota MSP
BA-MM03 Marcus Mariota MSP
BA-MM04 Marcus Mariota MSP
BA-MM05 Marcus Mariota MSP
BA-MM1 Marcus Murphy
BA-MP1 Marcus Peters SP
BA-MW1 Maxx Williams
BA-NA1 Nelson Agholor SSP
BA-NB1 Nick Boyle
BA-NM1 Nick Marshall
BA-NO1 Nate Orchard
BA-OO1 Owamagbe Odighizuwa
BA-OP1 Olsen Pierre
BA-PD1 Phillip Dorsett SSP
BA-PD2 Paul Dawson
BA-PJW P.J. Williams SP
BA-QD1 Quandre Diggs
BA-QD2 Quinton Dunbar
BA-QR1 Quinten Rollins
BA-RA1 Rory Anderson
BA-RD1 Ray Drew
BA-RG1 Rashad Greene SSP
BA-RG2 Randy Gregory SSP
BA-RM1 Ronald Martin
BA-SA1 Stephone Anthony
BA-SC1 Sammie Coates
BA-SC2 Shane Carden SSP
BA-SD1 Stefon Diggs SSP
BA-SH1 Sean Hickey
BA-SM1 Sean Mannion MSP
BA-SR1 Shane Ray SP
BA-ST1 Shaq Thompson SP
BA-TC1 Tevin Coleman SSP
BA-TD1 Titus Davis
BA-TG1 Todd Gurley MSP
BA-TJ1 Tre Jackson
BA-TJC T.J. Clemmings
BA-TK1 Tyler Kroft SSP
BA-TK2 Taylor Kelly
BA-TL1 Tyler Lockett SSP
BA-TL2 Tony Lippett SSP
BA-TM1 Ty Montgomery MSP
BA-TM2 Tre McBride
BA-TM3 Terrence Magee
BA-TT1 Tyrus Thompson
BA-TW1 Tony Washington
BA-TW1 Trae Waynes SP
BA-VB1 Vic Beasley SP
BA-VM1 Vince Mayle
BA-WS1 Wes Saxton
BA-XC1 Xavier Cooper

2015 Panini Prizm Collegiate Draft Picks-Coming May 13th!!!

    Panini has released details to their second set of the 2015 season, Panini Prizm Collegiate Draft Picks. This set will feature the new rookies of the 2015 class in their college uniforms with a chrome plating over the cards.

    Set features a 250 card base set, with 100 veterans in their old uniforms, and 150 rookies, all with limited parallels. Prizm's this release are Blue, Camo, Tie Dye, Gold, Green, Black Finite, and Red, White and Blue. Each box will hold 60 cards, 4 of those from the list of parallels, 24 "draft picks" (rookies), and 2 autographs.

    Along with each box come 4 inserts from 5 insert sets; Team Trademarks, All-American, Fence, Helmet, and Stained Glass. Fence and Helmet are die cut inserts.

    Box Configuration is 5 cards per pack, 12 packs per box, 20 boxes per case.
 

2015 Panini Contenders Draft Picks- Coming April 22nd!!!

    Panini has released details to their first set of the 2015 season, Panini Contenders Draft Picks 2015. Panini seems to be taking advantage of the popularity of the Contenders set, and now releasing a draft edition.

    Panini has agreed to terms with the NCAA to use all the logo's and such, with a near exclusive deal that will allow them to feature the players in their college uniforms. As usual, autographs are the thing, featuring 6 per hobby box, along with 48 different parallels and inserts.

    Instead of "Playoff Ticket" or "Season Ticket", cards will feature "College Ticket", "Bowl Ticket", "Playoff Ticket", "Cracked Ice Ticket", "Championship Ticket" and Panini says more. Current NFL players will also appear, in college uniform, in "Alumni Ink" and "Old School Colors". Several NFL players are featured in this set, such as Tom Brady, Tony Romo, Drew Brees, Rob Gronkowski, Peyton Manning, and more.

    Box configuration is 6 cards per pack, 24 packs per box, 12 boxes per case.